cve/2016/CVE-2016-5243.md

### [CVE-2016-5243](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5243)
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### Description

The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not properly copy a certain string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3052-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1

#### Github
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